This song makes me cry; there's the meaning that it has for Gerard, and then the meaning it has for me.
I'm pretty sure the meaning it has for Gerard (and the rest of the band) is about addictions and depression, and any similar issues you might have in your life. It's them trying to say you've got to carry on, no matter how terrible your situation is.
For me, it's a sad description of my life. I'll explain it line by line...
"We hold in our hearts the sword and the faith"
I always feel like I've got too much guilt and pain in my heart, but then also too much hope and imagination, and the conflict is difficult.
"Swelled up from the rainclouds, move like a wraith"
I feel quite dark and miserable a lot of the time, and people say I act as if I'm dead, like a ghost.
"Well after all, we'll lie another day"
I come close to death quite often (you can guess how) but I always just about manage to stop. I'm glad of this, trust me.
"And through it all, we'll find some other way to carry on, through cartilage and fluid"
All the problems in my life become quite physical, but I'll try my best to keep going, and not give up. Fluid might also be referring to medicine.
"And did you come to stare or wash away the blood?"
People are either going to look at me like a freak - I have depression, it's possible I'm bipolar, I self-harm (which is a bad idea, don't do it) - or try and help me. Sometimes I don't know which is best.
"Well tonight, well tonight will it ever come?"
I feel like I'm waiting for something, I just don't know what.
"Spend the rest of your days rocking out just for the dead"
I feel like everything I do is pointless, and I feel dead, so whatever I enjoy is technically just putting life back into a corpse.
"I can see you awake any time in my head"
I feel more connected to the people I dream/imagine inside my head than anyone else; I feel more related to music and musicians I love than my own family.
"Did we all fall down? From the lights to the pavement, from the van to the floor"
I constantly feel like I'm heading downhill, towards an unsatisfactory end.
"From backstage to the doctor"
I'm prone to accidents, deliberate or not, and people try to help with pills and such.
"From the earth to the morgue"
As aforementioned, I feel more dead than alive.
So yeah, that's MY miserable interpretation. Beautiful song.
This song makes me cry; there's the meaning that it has for Gerard, and then the meaning it has for me. I'm pretty sure the meaning it has for Gerard (and the rest of the band) is about addictions and depression, and any similar issues you might have in your life. It's them trying to say you've got to carry on, no matter how terrible your situation is. For me, it's a sad description of my life. I'll explain it line by line... "We hold in our hearts the sword and the faith" I always feel like I've got too much guilt and pain in my heart, but then also too much hope and imagination, and the conflict is difficult. "Swelled up from the rainclouds, move like a wraith" I feel quite dark and miserable a lot of the time, and people say I act as if I'm dead, like a ghost. "Well after all, we'll lie another day" I come close to death quite often (you can guess how) but I always just about manage to stop. I'm glad of this, trust me. "And through it all, we'll find some other way to carry on, through cartilage and fluid" All the problems in my life become quite physical, but I'll try my best to keep going, and not give up. Fluid might also be referring to medicine. "And did you come to stare or wash away the blood?" People are either going to look at me like a freak - I have depression, it's possible I'm bipolar, I self-harm (which is a bad idea, don't do it) - or try and help me. Sometimes I don't know which is best. "Well tonight, well tonight will it ever come?" I feel like I'm waiting for something, I just don't know what. "Spend the rest of your days rocking out just for the dead" I feel like everything I do is pointless, and I feel dead, so whatever I enjoy is technically just putting life back into a corpse. "I can see you awake any time in my head" I feel more connected to the people I dream/imagine inside my head than anyone else; I feel more related to music and musicians I love than my own family. "Did we all fall down? From the lights to the pavement, from the van to the floor" I constantly feel like I'm heading downhill, towards an unsatisfactory end. "From backstage to the doctor" I'm prone to accidents, deliberate or not, and people try to help with pills and such. "From the earth to the morgue" As aforementioned, I feel more dead than alive. So yeah, that's MY miserable interpretation. Beautiful song.